QUADRANTID METEORS: On Monday morning, January 3, 2005, Earth will glide through a cloud of dusty debris trailing asteroid 2003 EH1, causing a brief meteor shower over central and western parts of North America. The best time to look is during the hours around 4 o'clock in the morning PST (6 a.m. CST or 12:00 GMT). Observers with dark skies might see a meteor every one or two minutes. Astronomers call this annual shower "the Quadrantids" because it radiates from the extinct constellation Quadrans Muralis.
SOLAR ACTIVITY: A new sunspot emerged this week and, with it, solar activity has increased. The active region, named NOAA 715, is crackling with M-class solar flares. So far the explosions have not hurled any CMEs directly toward Earth, but this could change in the days ahead as the 'spot rotates to face our planet.
GREEN COMET: Now that the full moon is fading, sky watchers are seeing Comet Machholz again. It looks like a faint and fuzzy green star in the constellation Taurus. You can see it with the unaided eye--or use a telescope to view the comet's two tails.
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